Rupinder Johal dominates her opponent at the 2022 national championships. 📷 Bill Bain, WCL photo
When Rupinder Johal first started wrestling roughly eight years ago few would have projected worldwide success.
“Every tournament I would go to I would lose,” she recalled about her early days in the sport.
She was also often met with a discouraging message: “girls don’t really wrestle.”
Rupi (her nickname) disagreed.
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